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The AAPA recently had an inquiry about PA ownership of
professional corporations in South
Carolina. They believe that PAs can
incorporate via a professional association or a professional
corporation.The relevant statutory information is as follows:

A professional service is a service that may be rendered only by a
person licensed or otherwise authorized by a licensing authority to render
the service.

A corporation may elect professional corporation status solely for
the rendering of professional services, including services ancillary to
them, within a single profession.

A corporation may elect professional corporation status for the
rendering of professional services within two or more professions to the
extent the combination of professional purposes or of professional and
business purposes is authorized by the licensing law applicable to each
profession in the combination.

An assistant to a physician certified by the medical board may
perform acts, tasks or functions as long as the assistant is approved and
certified by the board to function as an assistant to a specified
physician,specified physicians' group, or professional association and
the act, task, or function is performed at the direction and under the
supervision of the physician, physicians' group, or professional association
in accordance with the rules of the medical board.
Statute 33-19-103, 110, 40-47-60(4)

The
AAPA has a notation within their information that says, "The SC medical
association attorney says that PAs may be shareholders in professional
corporations, but may not be shareholders in professional associations.
Anecdotal evidence is that most medical groups are professional associations.

The Mission of the South Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants is to promote quality, cost effective, and accessible healthcare through the professional and clinical development of physician assistants in the state of South Carolina.